爾来

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爾	来
じ Jinmeiyō	らい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
爾來 (kyūjitai) 而来

Etymology

From 爾(じ) (ji, “that”) + 来(らい) (rai, “since, as of, from”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じらい [jíꜜràì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɾa̠i]

Adverb

爾(じ)来(らい) • (jirai) 

1. from that time on, ever since, since then, after that

References

• “^▲爾来”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026